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Senegal
COUNTRY #1
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SENEGAL VS BURKINA FASO

Compare Senegal and Burkina Faso health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Burkina Faso
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Senegal Population Pyramid
33,186,850
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Burkina Faso Population Pyramid
43,432,174
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Senegal SENEGAL   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Senegal SENEGAL   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
40.2
41.2
40.7
142
147
143
  
37.3
36.0
36.7
154
165
160
1970
44.6
45.5
45.0
141
145
142
  
42.2
42.7
42.4
151
158
155
1980
50.6
51.7
51.1
134
143
140
  
46.3
48.4
47.3
153
154
154
1990
56.4
58.5
57.4
136
141
138
  
48.4
51.6
50.0
161
163
161
2000
56.0
59.0
57.5
143
145
143
  
48.8
51.4
50.1
164
165
163
2010
62.6
65.8
64.3
132
136
135
  
56.6
58.3
57.5
159
164
162
2019
66.8
70.1
68.6
128
132
129
  
60.1
65.2
62.7
169
162
166
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Senegal SENEGAL   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
66.8
70.1
128
132
60.1
65.2
169
162
Age
66.8
70.1
128
132
60.1
65.2
169
162
Age 5
70.2
73.1
119
132
66.1
71.0
159
150
Age 10
70.6
73.5
117
133
66.7
71.7
160
146
Age 15
70.9
73.7
115
133
67.1
72.1
159
147
Age 20
71.2
74.0
114
131
67.6
72.4
159
147
Age 25
71.6
74.3
114
132
68.1
72.8
159
146
Age 30
72.1
74.6
113
131
68.7
73.2
159
146
Age 35
72.5
75.0
111
130
69.3
73.7
158
147
Age 40
73.1
75.5
111
130
70.0
74.2
159
149
Age 45
73.8
76.1
109
130
71.0
74.9
159
150
Age 50
74.7
76.9
109
132
72.1
75.7
162
150
Age 55
75.8
77.8
109
131
73.5
76.8
162
151
Age 60
77.2
78.9
110
131
75.2
78.1
161
152
Age 65
79.0
80.4
110
126
77.4
79.7
163
152
Age 70
81.1
82.2
111
121
79.8
81.6
161
149
Age 75
83.6
84.4
108
116
82.7
84.1
157
140
Age 80
86.5
87.1
108
110
85.9
86.9
151
128
Age 85
89.8
90.3
100
105
89.5
90.3
128
104
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Senegal SENEGAL   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
107.21
95
131.79
66
2. Stroke
87.45
88
95.70
77
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
70.75
50
122.30
12
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
51.31
33
83.63
10
5. Malaria
42.82
21
49.69
7
6. Diabetes Mellitus
37.84
64
37.67
65
7. Road Traffic Accidents
35.06
35
43.30
16
8. Kidney Disease
32.13
47
31.16
51
9. Cervical Cancer
31.68
17
42.15
12
10. Prostate Cancer
29.08
32
27.33
35
11. Liver Disease
27.51
63
32.34
53
12. Tuberculosis
23.25
48
15.11
55
13. Lung Disease
23.01
88
18.73
110
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.92
36
20.98
34
15. Hypertension
17.73
95
31.19
42
16. Breast Cancer
17.64
83
16.06
101
17. Liver Cancer
13.96
17
14.45
15
18. Asthma
13.53
46
11.80
54
19. Meningitis
12.50
28
18.01
8
20. Maternal Conditions
12.22
25
8.05
37
21. Other Injuries
11.48
50
16.52
15
22. Suicide
10.99
62
14.38
33
23. HIV/AIDS
10.34
58
20.42
43
24. Violence
9.23
56
11.16
45
25. Falls
8.73
37
10.27
19
26. Low Birth Weight
8.37
52
10.86
31
27. Birth Trauma
7.93
41
10.42
22
28. Stomach Cancer
7.76
68
9.32
49
29. Congenital Anomalies
6.71
60
7.94
34
30. Endocrine Disorders
6.44
45
25.05
2
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.11
46
5.07
57
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.68
139
6.07
134
33. Parkinson's Disease
5.57
30
5.51
35
34. Inflammatory/Heart
5.54
75
9.08
35
35. Ovary Cancer
4.87
73
3.23
139
36. Lymphomas
3.90
125
2.58
161
37. Malnutrition
3.50
62
14.30
17
38. Fires
3.34
40
4.29
22
39. Oral Cancer
2.75
91
2.71
95
40. Pertussis
2.69
28
1.97
44
41. Epilepsy
2.64
40
3.04
29
42. Lung Cancers
2.59
166
3.02
158
43. Drownings
2.51
89
3.55
61
44. Uterin Cancer
2.37
89
1.67
129
45. Pancreas Cancer
2.36
133
2.01
142
46. Schistosomiasis
2.31
18
2.73
10
47. Poisonings
2.22
41
3.69
10
48. Bladder Cancer
2.18
85
3.26
49
49. Skin Disease
2.18
53
2.01
66
50. Skin Cancers
2.17
73
2.91
34
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Senegal SENEGAL   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,184
9.26
16,807
12.47
2. Coronary Heart Disease
6,224
8.03
8,117
6.02
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
5,343
6.89
11,887
8.82
4. Stroke
5,342
6.89
6,324
4.69
5. Malaria
4,595
5.92
14,602
10.84
6. Road Traffic Accidents
3,832
4.94
6,303
4.68
7. Low Birth Weight
3,636
4.69
6,809
5.05
8. Birth Trauma
3,448
4.45
6,426
4.77
9. Tuberculosis
2,678
3.45
1,968
1.46
10. Diabetes Mellitus
2,395
3.09
2,609
1.94
11. Congenital Anomalies
2,364
3.05
3,515
2.61
12. Kidney Disease
2,210
2.85
2,398
1.78
13. Liver Disease
2,147
2.77
2,722
2.02
14. Maternal Conditions
1,669
2.15
1,379
1.02
15. Meningitis
1,628
2.10
3,375
2.50
16. Other Injuries
1,512
1.95
2,637
1.96
17. Cervical Cancer
1,405
1.81
2,122
1.57
18. Lung Disease
1,351
1.74
1,161
0.86
19. Violence
1,247
1.61
1,943
1.44
20. HIV/AIDS
1,186
1.53
3,100
2.30
21. Hypertension
1,095
1.41
2,020
1.50
22. Liver Cancer
1,087
1.40
1,309
0.97
23. Endocrine Disorders
1,041
1.34
4,794
3.56
24. Suicide
978
1.26
1,521
1.13
25. Asthma
936
1.21
941
0.70
26. Alzheimers & Dementia
879
1.13
767
0.57
27. Breast Cancer
861
1.11
862
0.64
28. Pertussis
771
0.99
746
0.55
29. Prostate Cancer
642
0.83
514
0.38
30. Falls
622
0.80
828
0.61
31. Stomach Cancer
557
0.72
777
0.58
32. Malnutrition
494
0.64
2,868
2.13
33. Drownings
494
0.64
910
0.68
34. Fires
448
0.58
704
0.52
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
433
0.56
410
0.30
36. Inflammatory/Heart
426
0.55
743
0.55
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
384
0.50
478
0.35
38. Epilepsy
330
0.43
477
0.35
39. Lymphomas
315
0.41
280
0.21
40. Poisonings
315
0.41
620
0.46
41. Parkinson's Disease
273
0.35
252
0.19
42. Ovary Cancer
220
0.28
174
0.13
43. Oral Cancer
208
0.27
227
0.17
44. Lung Cancers
180
0.23
242
0.18
45. Schistosomiasis
176
0.23
249
0.18
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
166
0.21
269
0.20
47. Pancreas Cancer
159
0.21
148
0.11
48. Skin Disease
159
0.21
174
0.13
49. Measles
158
0.20
1,196
0.89
50. Bladder Cancer
155
0.20
265
0.20
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Senegal SENEGAL   Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
31.68
17
42.15
12
2. Prostate Cancer
29.08
32
27.33
35
3. Breast Cancer
17.64
83
16.06
101
4. Liver Cancer
13.96
17
14.45
15
5. Stomach Cancer
7.76
68
9.32
49
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.68
139
6.07
134
7. Ovary Cancer
4.87
73
3.23
139
8. Lymphomas
3.90
125
2.58
161
9. Oral Cancer
2.75
91
2.71
95
10. Lung Cancers
2.59
166
3.02
158
11. Uterin Cancer
2.37
89
1.67
129
12. Pancreas Cancer
2.36
133
2.01
142
13. Bladder Cancer
2.18
85
3.26
49
14. Skin Cancers
2.17
73
2.91
34
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.50
126
1.17
147
16. Leukemia
1.02
169
0.82
172
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.